How to edit a $200 million dollar movie Here is an in-depth interview from Studio Daily with film editor Lee Smith and assistant editor John Lee discussing their workflow and creative process for...
Category - Editor’s Tools
Useful tools for film and video editors
Baselight Plugin for FCP7
Filmlight, the UK company that make the Baselight colour grading systems recently released a plugin for Final Cut Pro that delivers all the power of Baselight inside the FCP interface, but then...
Larry Jordan FCP X 10.0.3 walkthrough
Working with FCPX 10.0.3 books and tutorials At the recent LAFCPUG meeting Larry Jordan walked through the new features of FCP X 10.0.3 and dispensed some very helpful tips on working with FCPX...
Syncing Audio in RED CINE-X Pro
How to sync audio in RED CINE-X Pro This tutorial from RED will show you how to manually and auto sync audio to your R3D files. You can download RED CINE-X Pro (beta) for free from red.com here.
Funny videos about editing
Funny Videos About Editing Conan O’Brian’s editors on FCPX and Premiere. An obvious choice?
Why you need Timecode and Reel Numbers
Hopefully this post is just for a few newer editors, fresh into the world of digital editing who need a bit of a brush up on how to edit their Canon 5D footage in a professionally organised fashion...
Photoshop for video editors
Richard Harrington, CEO of RHED Pixel, delivers a 40 minute workshop on creating graphics for film editors, providing some useful tips and techniques when using Adobe Photoshop in the edit suite...
Setting up a Colour Grading Suite
How to set up a colour grading suite… Carey Dissmore and Steve Oakley present a very down to earth run through, of what it takes to set up a colour grading suite based on DaVinci Resolve. They...
DSLR Metadata – Using THM files…
A handy quick tip from Shane Ross of LFIHD on how to extract metadata from the .THM files on the CF cards, so you can see what the exposure, white balance, focal length, shutter speed was among many...
Using RED Epic/Scarlet HDRx footage in DaVinci Resolve
Combining both HDR layers in DaVinci Resolve When shooting with the RED Epic or Scarlet in HDRx mode you need to know how to combine both sets of exposures to make use of the increased dynamic range...
A beginners introduction to colour grading
Understanding the basics of color grading Aaron Williams gives a fast paced but valuable 30 minute presentation to introduce color grading to relative beginners, giving a ’30’000 ft...
Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen
Studio Daily has a great interview with Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen about his instinctive process of cutting, reliance on Avid Script Sync and combining Oscar nominated performances with...
Understanding how FCP X works
Comparing FCP 7 and X If you’ve been an FCP 7 editor for years, getting your head around the new layout, architecture and language of FCP X can be confusing at first. Helpfully Oliver Peters...
Which version of Pro Res should I use?
Depending on what the type and quality of work you are producing, picking the right Pro Res codec can be crucial to ensuring you maintain a pristine image throughout and don’t end up running...
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Review
Is FCP X 10.0.3 ready for professional editors? Scott Simmons has an in-depth and interesting review of the latest version of FCP X 10.0.3 over on Studio Daily. Having added many of the features that...